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CHELTENHAM . CCOXKOH'S DEMONSTRATION . TVB 1 TIE 5 BT JOHN SIXTY . ( Condvded fnmpm- la $ tj Ye are ¥ ut men , and men of piowea am&n ; Reared np on carpets ; tutor-a at a ML oTfaiow Yourselves ; ner think the tinklingname Of Lord or Date ascribes to you the fame Of more than mortaL Let yonr tow * ring minds Trace the rec esses of dame nature ' s mines ; And BBS if ye are aught but day and breath ; Subject , like ns , to sickness pain , and death ; The same ye are , not one perennial ray 2 > ot& in your minds -with greater lustre play .
I fatnre is just , is generous , good ., and kind , And grants to all the energy of mind : Nature ' s the same in this , in every clime ; And whispers freedom through her grand design Ihsa , 0 , ye tyrants ! let yemi breasts of steel The genial pangs of sweet affection feel ; Let the pure spirit of untrammeird lore , With gen rous ardour , in each bosom move , Ere your proud besoms feel th' impending storm Ihat eVry moment swells its mighty form ; Ere the rile fabric toiiVing to its base , The flood impetuous doth its lines efface ; Ere you must yield each litUe of your hoard To rain ' s great inexorable sword !
2 * ow I now ! ye patriots , let your souls anse - ' See ! on yon eliff the glorieus banner flies . See 1 he advances "with heroic speed ; The-sweai descending from each panting Bfceed ; Eager , melhinks , to bring the champion , where Th' assemble , thousands shall his presence share ; Who gladsome listen , from his inmost soul , The streams of eloquence sublimely roll ; Who look frith anxious eye to future times , When Freedom ' s sin . with all his grandeur shines 01 ho-w those pealingB thrill his noble soul , As through yon clouds their glorious accents roll . ' Yes , yea ; it speais to bis majestic mind
That Chelt ' s braTe sons are to the cause consign'd . It tells that freedom here doth mount her car , And thousands struggle in the glorious "wax . Again it thunders , end again its sound - Aloud re-eehos in the Tales around ! Again , its pealings reach , the pi ^ lof s ear To press him onward in his great career I He hears the sound ! his soul obeys the call , And bids defiance to oppressors all ! For dungeons drear , nor filming swords of steel Can quench his ardour , csptivats his zeaL Por such he spurns , and , in despite of , draws His cocqu ' riDg ¦ weapon in his country ' s cause ,
Tremble , ye tyrants ! tremble , as you hear The thrilling tcsents of that glorious cheer ! Let your proud souls shake off that veil of pride , And learn to steer year Tessel o'er the tide ; For know , those peals are not of dinnien glee , Bat those cf men determined to be free ! - Know ye they ' re big mth ev ' ry tyrant's doom , To scatter ashts o ' er oppression ' s tomb . The thunder echoes 1 Feargus now is here In the full zenith of his native sphere ; His naii ~ e sphere I for sere be see 3 th . e poWT Whidl Slelded Bcht would elo&i oppression ' s hear His native sphere ! because it warms bia soul To see the tide cf independence roll His native sphere J for firm he bears away And bursts the bonds of animated clay .
But , tark . ' again the mighty thunder speaks , And echo answers ; and again it breaks . It sends the Kphyrs e'er the SoWry meads , And tells , far distant , Chelt e nham ' sglorious deeds . Bat , soft I it C 52 &C 3 ; nil ' s sereziT far Than alamb ' ring natxire in her ebon car , When the pale moon her trembling radiance pours 'iiid earths refreslang amaranthine bowT 3 . And lo I he speaks ! he speaks to ev ry mind With reason , truth , and eloquence rcSn'd . He spesSs i ^ nd virtue ticdles as slie tears , While hope exalting chases ail her feara , And forward looks with many a smile BerenS ; While freedom dances in each vernal scene .
He speaks J and lo , ecch tyrant trc-mbung cowers , Wfcile conscious fear ecdiriis his flitfxing pow ' rs ; Hes = es the tfds iaapctut / as rustics en , Ths banner smitten and the battle won ; He sees , and feels his wretched bosom cleft Like the lorn maiden of her love i ereffc . He speaks ! and O ! this grov'iing bcuI of mine Seems tee vast hill oi certainty to climb , Prom which she Tie -n-s nil ranged in fair array The t > e ££ fcfnl emblems cf fair fn = r-doni " s sway ;
like a bold eagle from some mountain ' s brow , With prida surveys the fairy semes belo ~ . Sweet mellowing harvests deek the ^ n ' rons soil , And plenty crofms ths humble cc-fer ' s toil " Pezza and contentment on God ' s creature ' s smile , And wintry storms and summer suns beguile . Aye , peace advances 'mid sweet myrtlB bowers , While round hsr brow ttemal sunshine glow ' rs . She seems all lovely , heaven ' s seraphic aaid , The gentle mistress of the rural shade .
Now , blushing Tenus wanders down the vale , Her breast responsive to the vocd tola ; And gentle Iovex 3 , " neath the shady grove , Eojoy the raptures of unsullied love . Kow , freedom comes , begirt with rays divine , And round her brows unfading laurels twine ; Her breast all spangled , as the ruddy morn With earelesa grandeur , decks herlovtly form-And Bee 1 ahe moves , light tripping o ' er the plains , The heavily guardian of Britannia ' s swains i Then fancy dictates to my throbbing sonl , As thronghiny breast her genial currents roD ; While reason , smiling , fans the glimm'ring ray To the full brightness of meridian day .
But , see . ' the champion cf our cause retires , And , on his lips , the glorious strain expires ; While ere he sinks , his soul , unchain'd and free , In ling e ring accents whispers " liberty" ! J And see , he goes ; the hero quits the scene , His breast expanding wrapt is joy supreme . He goes ! far distant in the S » ld to fight And -wage the battle of a people ' s right . He goes ! detennin'd to attack the foe Till crown'd with conqnest ; or by death laid low He goes ! -while heav ' n protects his manly form From stern oppression ' s vile , malignant storm-He goes 1 and O ! agarn the thunder roars , And TLCEbns slumbers ' neath the western shores
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SCRAPS FOR RADICALS . BT L . T . CLANCY . XO . XVI . There are already two victims sent- to their account , and seventeen others lie withont a hope of recovery What blood that will not run cold at the recital of these horrors ?—O'Cossell—( Not Dax ;!) Let the harp of my country now slumber ; let cypress be strewn o'er the plain ; - Let Erin awaie not a number . Except as a dirge for the slain . Lo ! braTe Feargus proclaims through the 'water Its tronbled acd gore-cnmsonM surge . Revenge ! for this cold bloody sianshtcr , This Moloch-like , dastardly Ecourge .
In Athens , the cnlpiit was blinded " Lest pity shonld justice appal ; But onr modem Greeks , more highly-minded , S 3 y *• justice means nothirg at aiL " Thus , thus , do they mock all tndurance , Foul deeds palliate and descry And give their complainants assurance " Ts the way the low Irish should die !" Oh f where was the great Liberator , Tie once Blighty member for Ciare ? Oh ! trhere the heaci Pacificator , When blood-stained hi 3 laurels ¦ won there ? 2 &ettnkB he was smiling that boor To think that his morai-foice school , Which raised him to venal Whig power , Was bleeding to Tory misrula
How losg shall the land of our fathers Submit to hi 3 registered tow ? Can Erin smile on while he gathers A gore-crimson'd wreathe for heT "brow , Oh ! rather each source of her fountains Should deluge the fields of her fame ; Or chacs reign king o ' er her mountains , And perish fer ever her name . But yet may we hail that bright morrow , ( A Star beameth over ttee , Clare ); When hope dries thy last tear of sorrow , And joy trinmphs over despair : Then Erin , dread not the bold foeman , Bat rather that foul -viper's breath , The base , who "dare not be a Roman , " But coEusel " obedience to death . "
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^ A HOME llf THE HEABT . OH ! 8 ik noi a heme in the mansion of pride Where marble ahiaes ant in the pillars and walls ; Though the roof be of gold it is brilliantly cold . And joy may not be fonnd in its torch-lighted halli Bnt seek for a bosom all honest and true , Where lore onee awakened will never depart ; Xnra , turn to that breast like the dove to its nest , And you'll find there ' s no home like a home in the heart . Oh ! link but one spirit that ' s warmly sincere , . That ¦ will heighten your pleasure and solace y ems care j Knd a seul you may trust &s the kind and the just , And be sure that the world holds no treasure so rare . Then the frowns of misfortune may shadow our lot , Th «> hgpV- > B >* TiTig tear-drops of sorrow may start , But a star nevei Mm sheds & halo for ^ m Who can turn for repese to a home in the heart . Eliza Cook
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LEEDS . —Leeds and Selby Railway Company . —On Saturday last , at noon , the annual meeting of this Railway Company was held at Scarborongh ' s Hotel , Leeds , John Golt , Esq . in the chair . The proceedings , owing to the railway being let at a certain fixed rent to the York and North Midland Railway Company , were of a Yery nninteresting charseter . It was resolved to pay the income tax , not out of the dividends on the shares , but out of the reserve fund ; a dividend of £ 2 . 10 s . per cent , for the last half year was ordered to be made : the four
retiring directors ( Mr . John Gott , Mr . Andus , Mr . Gatliff , and Mr . Whitehead ) were all re-elected , and a vote of thanks to them for their past services was un&nimonsly agreed to . The reserve fund was staied to be £ 13 316 17 s . 7 d . ; and the balancs cf the income account £ 5250 . About thirty shareholders were present , and they all seemed perfectly satisfied with the Btatement of the Company ' s accounts , as laid before the meeting . A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairmanj the meeting broke up at one o ' clock .
Stealing Lead . —On Monday last , a lad about fourteen yeara of age , named Thomas Elliott , was brought before H . Hall , Esq ., and A . Titley , Esq ., at the . Court House , and committed for tiiai at the Sessions , on a charge of having stolen a quantity of lead from the roof of the Old Methodist Chapel , Hunslet .
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The Lighthouse , Goodwin Sasds . —Contrary to expectation , the endeavour to fix the caisson which is to form the foundation of the " light for all nations" has at last been successful . Tne . following note , ' the first in all probability ever written on the Goodwin sands , -was received in town on Friday . — " Caisson , Goodwin sands , July 28 . Dear Sir ; I am safely here , and all going on well . I am , &c , Wm . JSush . Started yesterday ( Wednesday ) at ten o ' clockj and ^ arrived at half- past three . " A Bad Subject fos Mesmerism . —A boy from the union-house on whom Mr . Taylor failed to produce any mesmeric effect ¦ while lecturins in Boston on Wednesday evening , being asked Why ho dia not go to sleep ? " shrewdiy answered , " Because I had ' nt " got -my supper ! Stamford Mercury .
Mr . John . Bahxett , the celebrated composer , in a letter to a contemporary , designates the new-fangled systems of teaching singing as impositions on the credulity of the public ; placing them in the same category as the rubbings of Mr . S :. John Long , Morison ' s pills , brandy and salt , the cold water cure , &c . — "Who ' s to decide when singers disagree ?' Peath of a Mo ? ket fbom eating Lucifeb Matches —A few days ago a monkey , the property
of a lide-waner in Le ; th , met its death in ra'her an extraordinary manner . BeiDg on board a vessel in the docks , aJong with its owner , who was on duty , it fell invrith some lucifer matches , which it commenced eating . Finding itself growing . ick , the poor animal went to its master , wno was asleep , and awakened 'him by gently opening his eyelids . No relief , however , " could be administered , ar id the creature expired , afier suffering considerable pam . —Scotsman —[ We could spare a good many more " monkeys" either by ( his or some other proee-sj
The Three Dats of Jult . —The Covrrier Francais staies thai the nsu ^ l complement of provisions distributed to the indigent poor of Paris on each anniversary of the glorious days of July was doubled on account " of theDukeof Orleans' death . This distribntion ,. which consists of whi-. e brtad , wine , pastry , pork , and butcher's meat , was made throughout _ Paris on Wednesday morniEg . The official statistics , of the indigent poor inscribed on the charitable list in the twelve arrondissements of Paris comprise 30 . 000 families , or about 70 , 000 persons , giving an average of one to twelve of the population of Paris . Ii is calculated that amongst thr . se 70 , 000 indigent penr there are more than 15 , 000 who are asbamed to apply for assistance .
1 > -ce > -diatit Fms . —Mr . Sharp , farmer , of GuilsboroUfib , Northampton , ha-d an inefindiary fire on his premises during the night of Thursday . A large barn was maliciously destroyed containing various implements ; also four ricks of hay , lour fowls , a large siack of wheat , and a number of outbuildings ; the damage of which will amount to several hundred pounds . A reward for the apprehension of the incendiaTy is offered by tha Rev . D . Watson , tha rector of the parish , and also another reward by the Phoenix Insurance Office .
Hoaxi > g ths Dubun Corporation . —At the last meeting of the corporation a letter was read , purporting to have been written by Sir Richard Buker , one of the aldermen of the old body , declining in the most ai ? inttre » ted manner to receive a sum of £ 300 , to which he was entitled , by way of compensation for ihe loss of h ' . 3 cfn > e , according to the provisions of the Municipal Re-form Act . The jobbers were in perfect ecstacie 3 at this unexpected Godsend , and Sir Richard ' s letter was ordered to b ^ inserted on the minutes in all dne form . The ex-Alderman was Eot , ho-svevcr , forg ^ tful of the ada . se , " a fool and his money are soon-parted ; '' for in the Evening l -atket of Friday night- there appeared a letter , signed by Sir Richard iiaker , announcing that the eominunicanon read at the meeting of the Town Council was a fc-njery . and that he had no idea whatsoever of forfeiting his jast claims to the £ 300 compensation monev .
Foisonixg a Hcsbakd . —At the Flintshire assizss , « n Friday , Hannah Roberts aged nineteen years , was indicted for the murder of her husband , Robert Roberts , a _ ged seventy-five , on the second of June last , at Caerwys , by administering to him a quantity of white arsenic , from the effects of which he died . After a long investigation , the Jury returned a verdict " of guilty . Tie judge ( Baroa Gurney ) then passed toe avtful sentence of the law upon the prisoner , afior which , Mr . Townsend , in bar of execution , pleaded that the prisoner was pregnant . A jury of matrons was immediately impannelled , and a verdict given , in the course of an hour , confirmatory of the fact . The trial , which commenced at nine in tbe morning , did not terminate till four o ' clock in the afternoon .
Strange Accident . —A young man named James Sparks , aged 22 , brewer at Mrs . Hughes ' s the Punch Bowl , in Steelhouse-lane , left thehouse of his mistress on Sunday evening last , in company with a young man and two girls . They went np to a neighbouring hoHse and had something to drink , and fearing he should be wanted , deceased was hastily running down a gullet to get home , when he ran with violence against a post placed at the end of the entrance . Tbe shock so injured him , that he died ia the General Hospital on the morning of Tuesday la ? t . Mr ; Baker described his sufferings , which were frightful in the extreme . The cause of death wa-3 a inpture of one of the principle intestines . A verdict of "Accidental death was returned . —Birmingham Advertiser ,
At Queek Square Polick-Office , on Thursday , James Wyatt , a rough , middle-aged man , was charged with throwing a stone at the carriage of Mr . Smart Wortley , M . P ., near the House of Commons ; Mr . Wortley and Lord JSandon beieg in the carriage . Mr . Tho ' mas Coil t , Superintendent of the Members' Wainn ^ -room , deposed tha 5 he ? aw thb act—Witness went up to the prisoner , and asked him if he was mad or drunk \ The prisoner replied , " . Neither / 5 and that he perfecily well knew what he was about . He was asked why he threw at that particular carriage I and he answered , that be
he had ^ singled out no one carriage : intended to throw ai all of them until he could hit Sir Robert Peel . He was asked what could be his motive iu desiring to injure the Premier I He replied that was bess known to himself . Another witness said that he was quito sober . In answer to Mr . Gregorie , the magistrate , Wyatt said that he was a carpenter out ot work ; but he wouid not say what he had been doing for tbe last six months . Mr . Gregorie thought him insane , and committed him to the House of Correction for vhree mouths , with the view of bia being Been by the Visiting Magistrates .
Lausch of the "Great No&thebs . " —This immense new steamer , lately built by Captain Coppin , was launched on Saturday morning last , in the presence of at least 20 , 000 specta f ors from all parts of the country , tnd of many from England and Scotland , At eight o'clock the workmen ' s hammers were first heard , ti e wedges were driven , and the last obstruction was removed at a quarter to nine , when Miss Reid , eldest daughter of the lato Rev . Edward Reid , of Ramtlton , and niece to Mr . Joseph Kelso , broke the bottle at her bow , the flag with the vessel ' s name , " Great Northern , " was hoisted , and the mountain of wood majestically glided into the water . J »" o accident of any kind occurred . The Great Northern is the largest vessel ever built"in this
country . Her dimensions are 220 feet in length , 37 feet beam , and 25 feet deep in the hold ; burden 1 , 730 * 085 , B . M ., she is to be fully rigged as a fifty gun frigate , the length of mainmast to be ninety feet , and thirty-three inches diameter , mainyard seventy-nine feei , and twenty-two and half inches diameter in the slines , foremast eighty-throe feet , and mizenmast seventy -nix feet ; she will be able to spread 6 , 400 yards of canvass . There are three decks * tho upper one to be left entirely clear for action , and to be pierced for forty-four guns ; the windlass and capstan gear will be placed betwixt decks . She is to be propelled by Smith ' s Archimedean screw , which will be twelve feet diameter ,
and fourteen feet pitch , but * the length will be on ' y seven feet ; it ia to make eighty-eight revolutionsper mimue ; the gearing consists of a cog-wheel , twenty feet diameter , working into a smaller-wheel , of five feet diameter , upon whose axis is the shaft of the screw . The engine power consists of two cylinders , sixty-eight inches in diameter , four feet six inches stroke , and to make twenty-two strokes per minute ; nominal power about 370 horses ; there are to be four air-pumps , nineteen inches diameter , and four feet six inches stroke , and cylindrical boilers . The engines are to be placed close abaft theveBsel , leaving the midships clear for passengers . —Berry Standard .
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Seizure made by the Society FOR THE SUPPRES " sion of Vice . —A search wan ant was a few days baok granted by Mr . Jardine . the sitting magistrate at Bow-street , upon the application of Mr . Pritchard secretary of the above named Bociety ; and a printing press , with upwards of two hundred weight oi type , which were mod for printing obseeno books , a stock of 1 , 391 obscene prints , 45 books with plates 66 jbs . of letter-press not stitched ap , and 21 copperplates , all of which were of the most abominable description , were seized at an establishment within the district of Bow-street .
Shocking Case of Superstition . —An instance of sroBs superstition occurred at Market Rasenlast week . A man , named RadJey , a brick-maker , residing in that place , has been for the last foar vears in a low state of health ; he attributed his affliction to the agency of witchcraft , and actually accused his own mother , an inoffensive and honest woman , residing in Rasen , with practising it . The most absurd and nonsencical remedies were tried by tho deluded man and hia family to drive away the " spirit of evil . " The man got no better , and at length he determined to try the last , and , as he believed ,
sure remedy , namely , "to draw blood from tho witch . " Having met his mother in the street , on Wednesday , the 13 th inst ., he accosted her , and . offering his hand , asked how she was ; surprised at the sudden change in his behaviour ( for he had not spoken to her for two yeara before , though living cleee by ) and suspecting gome collusive design , she attempted to pass him without accepting his proffered hand , whereupon he seized hold of her , and inflicted two deep scratches on one of her arms with the point of some sharp instrument which he had concealed in his hand . The wound bled profaBely .
Hocussing . —A . t the Nottingham assizes , Benjamin Hurd , 24 , and Hannah Hurd , his wife , 23 , were charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Robinson , in the parish of Radford , on the 7 th of March . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had gone to thehouse of the prisoners ( a house of ill fame ) in a state of partial intoxication ; and that , while there , the female prisouer gave him ale with laudanum in it , and stated , in the presence of several witnesses , that she had been "hocussins ; " him . One or them said to her , "It will kill him ; " and she replied , '" Well , if it does I cau ' t help it—it ' s done . " The deceased was afterwards turned out of the house ; and , after remaining in » state of insensibility until thenext night , died , The jury acquitted the husband , but found the woman guilty ; and sho was sentenced to transportation for life .
Hydrophobia asd Death from the Bite of a Dog —An inque ? t was held on Friday , at the Black Bull , Thomas-street , Bethnal Green , before Mr . Baker , the coroner , on the body of John Tibbs , aged seven year ? , who died from the bite of a mad dog . — Mary Tibbs . mother of ihe deceased , said thai she resided at No . 15 , Thomas-street . In August last , while deceased wb playing with other children in front of tho Louse , a itile dog ran amongst them , and bit him on the left temple . He ran in-doors and showed whnes 3 tho wound . It wasajaggod one , and she could see tho marks of five of the dog ' s teeth . Under the treatment of a surgeon the bite soon heali d , though deceased ever since that time , and notwithstanding that he ate heartily , had been
gitting much thinner . On Saturday morning last , she ibund , for the fir .-t time , that he was labouring under hydrophobia . Ho was shiveriug so violently that ahe could not wash him , and after breaking away from her ran about the room as if he were wild . Leeches to the temple were ordered and applied , but he could not take- the medicine . When water was offered to him ho tried to jump out of the window . He -continued from thai time to rave , foam at the mouth , and bark like a dog , until tha following Monday , when ho died . S ; okes , the snmmouing officer , said that that was the second death which had tilcru piaeo in that neighbourhood from hydrophobia , caused by a bise from the same dog . —Verdict , " Died from hydrophobia . "
Stuong Sympathy in the Dog . —An interesting instance of this feeling ia tko canine species , the authenticky of ^ hich may be rdied on , lately took place , cr rather is still proceeding , at Inver&eldie , a lar ^ e sheep farm on the estate of Lawers , near Comrie , Perthshire . The overseer became Feverely indi-pc-ec , and for the flrsi ten days after iheir master had taken to bed his two faithful collies refused to be convorted , mournfully declining all sorts of food , no-y , even milk warm from the co-. v at last pressed up ^ a them by the domestics . At , length their case became so serious—for they were otherwise valuable do ^ s , that the overseer ' s mother was prevailed upon to inform her sick son , though at the time very low , of the circumstance , begging of him
as a dernier resort , to try wna : eff .-c ; bid own word would still havo upon the muts mourners . By an effort , he succeeded in a weak voice to Raaae hi-5 favourites , pointing at the same time to soma food , placed at hand for the ' . rial . This gentle command had its efface ; ihe outsat once obeyed , and have since , as it' it , were still repeated to them , which it is not ljk . ly ever to be again , continued to take . as much as supports life ; l » ut OK . ce every day at least , and of . en . r if opportunity offer , they glide Together liuo ihe room where tbe sick man is , ftiip stealthily to the bedside , raise their fore pavrs upon tho bf dcoihes , and in this auituJe continue together for ? ome lime lo gsze intently on the pallid features of thtir now uneousciou-s master , and then droopingly retire out of the room . —Slirlhiu Journal .
Railway . Accidem . —On Wednesday morning Wt ? tk , when the train , which leaves Birmingham for Dt , roy , at seven o ' clock , bad passed the Burton Station , one of the passengers observed an unusual smoke from a luggage waggon near the engine ; aftrr several attempts to make himself understood , he succeeded in gettiug the train stopped ; tha guard lifted up the cloths which covered the luggage , and after desiring ihe passengers , who in alarm h&d left their seats , to u jump in , " he called out to the engineer to " run into Dei by as fast as he could . " The train was no sooner get in motion , than the flimes burst out with great fierceness ; the fire soon reached the second luggage waggon , and threatened the destruction of the passengers , among whom were many ftmales , who were riding in a third-ciass carriage attached to the luggage waggons : the shrieks of
the women were frightful , and tho blaz ? most frightful , but so rapid was the speed at which the train had been urged , that the engineer could not stop it , till it reached the approach to the Derby Station , where several persons were much injured by suddenly jumping out of the carriages as soon as they came to a halt ; every exertion was of course then made to extinguish the fire ; one of tho luggage waggons was completely consumed , and the other much burnt . Surely the engineer and guard ought w have detached the luggage carriages when the fire was discovered , instead of risking the lives of the passengers by taking the dangerous course they did . The fire is supposed to have originated from the spontaneous combustion of , * ome article among the goods conveyed , as the luggage was well protected from the effect of sparks from the engine .
Horkible Depravity . —Rape by a Father on his own Daughter—One of the most horrible cases of rape which for a long time past ha = 3 been bronght to light , is the following , which was t . ono into on Saturday , at Marylebone-ofiiw , before the sitting magistrate , Mr . Rawlinson . The court was crowded to excess b y persons who had come thither to hear the deposititions , the wholb of which having been gone into , were read over by Mr . Frll , the chief clerk . The prisoner ' s name is Edward Leader ; he is a man about , thirty-five year 3 of age , and his child Xanrina , a a interesting little girl , whom lie had violated , and who was accompanied to the court oy a decent-looking woman , her mother , the latu-r having in her armsan infant . Tho girl was fir .-t examined . She deposed that she resided with her parents at No . 33 , Devonshire-street , Li ss on-grove , and that her mother was confined about four months
ago ; a week prior to that event , tho prisoner , at a period when , to the bast of her belief , her mother was absent from the house , took her into the back room on tbe first floor , where he laid her upon the bed , and then The child here entered into particulars to which we cannot give publicity , and went oh to state that , after effecting his purpose , he threatened to give her a good hiding if she mentioned to any one what had occurred . In a fortnight afterwards he ill-treated her in the like manner , and had twice or thrice repeated the offence since ; the last time lie acted thus towards her was the week before last , when her mother was out . —Hooker , 130 D , in whose hands the warrant was placed , gave evidence to the tffect that be
apprehended the prisoner in the vicinity of his ( the prisoner ' s ) residence , and told him that he had a warrant against him for an assault on his child . He said , " Very well , " and requested to be allowed to go home before he was brought to the court , but this he ( witness ) , of course , refused . —Mr . Charles Leader , a respectable tradesmaa , brother of the prisoner , stated that the child Lamina was born in the Lyingin hospital , York-road , Lambeth , on the 3 rd of December , 1832 , and that she would , therefore , not be ten years of age until December next ; at the time of the eaid birth , the prisoner , who had much neglected his wife , was in Spain . —Mr . Burford , surgeon , Grove-place , Lisson-grove , proved that the capital offence , vrith which the prisoner stood charged , had been committed . —Mr . Rawlinson ( to
the prisoner ) ; It will be my duty , upon the evidence which has now been read over to you , to send you to Newgate to take your trial for the rape upon your child ; you need not Bay anything now unless you think fit , but in the eTent of your making any statement , it will be taken down , and may be used either for or against you upon your trial ; after this caution which I have given you can do as you please . —Prisoner ( who seemed very dejected ) : I shall not Bay anything now . —He was then removed from the ba and locked up , and prior to the arrival of the government van , was conveyed to Newgate by Hooker , the officer , in a cab . This mode of removing him was resorted to with tbe view of preventing any riot or outrage , which would , no doubt , have taken place had the prisoner been removed in the usual way , bo great was the indignation of the public against the perpetrator of so abominable a crime .
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A LABOUBER , sixty years of age , at Down ' s Wharf , Eass Smithfield , killed himself , the other day , by suckms strong whiskey , thirty ' degrees above proof ; through a reed inserted in the buns-hole of a barrel . He fell down insensible , and never recovered . : LO TQEvm . — -The folio wing most extraordinary instance of longevity appears in the Cork Reporter , and its aocuraoy is vouched by a gentleman of fortune in the county ; of Cork , Mt . Nagle , ot Ballinamona-castle , who in a letter ^ dated July 26 , thus writes _ to the editor : — " I think you will not have any objection to insert in your next publication the
death of a very old madi my pound-keeper , on part of the lands of CloRher , near Doneraile , named Louis Wholehan . He died yesterday at the age of 118 years and 7 months ; he was married to bis first wife more than fifty years , and had no ofFspringi He married a second wife at the age of 109 years , by whom ho has had > Bon , a fine boy , arid very like ths father . Prom his great age I have given him his house and the parish pound many years rent free , which made him comfortable and prolonged his life He never Io 3 t a tooth , nor had he a . grey nair on his head . " ¦ .. ; : - ¦ ¦ . " : ¦ : ' ¦ . ¦ ' . ' '" . : ¦• .:. ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' ' . ¦ ¦
Suspected Murder keaiIi Sonderland . — - ^ Qn Tuesday last the body of a female was discovered at highwater-mark on the sand , at Black Hall Rocks , near Monk Hesoldenj by two country lads . They communicated the circumstance to a neighbouring farmer , who caused the body "' to Do : immediately removed to his barn . The deceased , who did not appear to have been long in the water , was dressed in a mousselin-de-laine gown , had on a Dunstable bonnet , not lined , trimmed with pink riband , habit shirt , black stockings ^ and black cloth boots : her
hair black , stont in person , of ruddy complexion , and about , the ordinary height . Her general appearance was that of a country girl of about twenty five yeara of age .: The face is much disfigured and discoloured , aad there are about the head severo bruises , indicative of violence , though it is possible they may have been produced by coming in contact with therpeks or other hard substances . The body has not yet been identified , though deputations from the yarioas borough and rural policy us also a number of other persons , have visited tho spot for that purpose .
"A Little Mishap . '—An elderly . lAck-adaisicallooking Jittlo personage , applied to- the niugi&trate at Worship-street ' . office ,. ' on .-. Saturday last , for his advice and assistance in the following delicate matter : —Huv application , he said , -. had reference to a female servant who had lived with him for about seven years , and wl ) , o had lately conducted herself in such a domineering aud outrageous manner that he could bear with her nolonger . She insisted upon having her owu way in every particular , and on his venturing to remonstrate with her she was in the habit of assailing him with the grossest abuse , and even of obliging him to succumb to her authority by the exercise of physical force . On the preceding night an altercation endued between them , in the course of which she snatched up a knifo and attacked him . with f-ucrr impetuosity that lie was compelled to fly for protection into tho house of a neighbour ,
and he felt convince ! that unless the magistrate interfered on his buhalf she would carry out her throats of putting him to death . —Mr . Bifigh ' am .: If tho woman be your servant , as y . u say s ) io . i % why do you uot send her about hey business ?— Applicant ( in a ruoful tone ) : I have given her warning a » ain Had o # : nri-, your worship , but sho ¦ positively refuses to « o . — -Mr . Bih ^ hani : I suppose you , have-invested h-: r with the character of a mispress : . « well as of a ferv . ir . t . — . Applicant- ( sheupishly ) : Wriy ' tho truth u » , a little mishap cortatiily did take place betvveeu us , but I am willins to . provi'Ia handsomely for the child if shrj will oblige me by " iak / ufj hsr departure . —Mr . Bi . ngham : Your littlo mishap , then , came upon you in tho shape of a little-. child ? ( A laugh . ) —Applicant : Even so , your worship , most unhappily for me . —Tho-magistrate . granted him a peace ' ; war- , runt .
The Old Lativ and the Cobbler-. - '—Some years ago the husband of An old lady residing in a country village Jiaypeued lo ( iie suddo . 'ily wuho . uf making a will , for the want of which very iTeoe ? saj - y preuauiion his c .- ^ 'fi'e " '' ¦ ' uul'l havo passed . iu ay fj-om his widow , frnd-bho not rer-ortocVto triofoll'Vsvi ! i > : rcMai' ;\ a . bleoxpedient io bvcts , tnblp . H ? of Jiorpr . 'poriy : —Shaooucealed tho / ioath e . ' her Ln-band , ami !) r vui !> ul upyn an old cobbler , h < T lU'ighbuUr , who was in ] y > Tion somowliat like tho d-: co'ised , to go to beyi-a-r , jior . fio . usa and per-KQnata h ; m , m wuicli character ic was agreed that he thonjii uictute it will , leaving tho widow the estate in qiicsuoii . An attorney was accordingly set » t for to prepare the required downlink , . find the yvidovv on his arrival appeared to be replizint ; tho greatest alfliotiiin at her good man ' ri danger , but forthwith
proceeded to ask que .-tious of her protended husband calci ^ actd to eiicu the answers sho expected and .-k ' . Fired , The old cobbl : r j ^ roa : iing aioucl , and looking as tnuc ' n likti a person going co give up the ghost as possble , ftcb ! y answered , "I intend to leave you half my esta'e "'¦; and I do think the poor old ' s'hoemakcr , TvhVlivea over tho wuy , ia deserving of the o ! h < . r half , for he has always beon-a goad neighbour . " The wido-. v v ,-as tliinuicrstruck at , receiving a reply so diffi- 'rsnt to that which " £ hti expected , but dared noi h ^ atVv . ' j the cobbler ' s will , for tear of losing the wnolo of " the proporty , whilo the cuaningold rogue in bed , who v , as himself tiio poor o ! J shoemak ' r living over thovvay , laughed in ! ii « . sleeve , awl divided with 1 'H' tlio fruits of a projcci which the widow had intended for her own sou- Wnent . —Scotch GazpAie . *
A Wost Dastajidly Outrage was committed on Friday miming early , at the Gcoixo Hotel , Portfimouth Tbo house was extremely full on Thursday , aud , owing to the Goodwood racis , the inmates were rather late in retiring to rest . About two o ' clock on Friday muriiing , when everything was quiet , a tcrrifio explosion wiis heard , so as to alarm all the neighbourhood , and even the police establishment in Pembroke Btrcct anjoninK . Tho Bound evidently proceedod from tho upper part of the house , whither all the inmates ( who had courage ) repaired , but . tho consternation \ Vi > 8 so general that many imagined the liouso was 'falling , &c . It was found that tho cxtlosi n had taken piaca in a lobby into which
four doorsopen ' , ' these were forced off tho looks and hinges , tho windows ' . all .- broken , the skylight also broken , wainscots , ceilings , &c , destroyed , carpets on fire , &-c . vand nuraorous fragments of cartridge paper , corriage , &c , lying about . It is conjectured that the ruffiatw must have made , a firework of strong paper , repeatedly folded and lashed with cordage , and which was probably placed in a corner , or suspended from a bell-wire , and lighted by a b ! ow match . Unfortuuatoly , there is not at present any proof as to the porson who did it , but strong suspicions are entertained , and it is hoped that the remnants of pupor a : d cord or which ihe iut ' irnal machine" was composed may yet lead to detection . —Hants Advertiser .
Affair of Scandal at Kingstown , Ireland . — The gossips residing in and about tho neighbourhood of Kingstown buvo had ample materials furnished them fer tea-tablo talk for the next three months , by the explosion of an affair of a very delicate character , which has been in some measure revealed to tho public within the last few days . A gentleman residing at G Terrace , in the above iuahionable locality , who writes * ' Sir" before h ; S uamo , or "Bart . " after io ( woi forgot wiiich ) , and who is blessed wvth a beautiful young wife , had a eervantrnan , nannd John Smyth , who for scmo fault or other , was aischarKed froni the eeryic *; a . short time since without a written cbara / ster . Thb servant endeavoured in vain t . o procure tlxo necessary
document as a passport to future employment , but his master -was inexorable , and refused , to trans the discharge . Tna servant at length made Ureoi t ) irests , at the same timeali ( -. jiiighohac ! in his possession such a docu-Bitnf as would compel the gentkniau to grant his request , whether he likod it or not . On niakiug inquiry of . Smyth , tho gentleman asceriained that a k-tccr had been given to him abr . ut live ' wteka ago by Lady ——( his mistre 3 s ) , with directions to dolivei * it to the person to whom it was ¦ . adUrdsat'd * The servant suspectiii" all was not right , -drtained and opened the letter , and ou perusal o ( its contents , hB was convinced that & very impvoptr intimncy existed between his lady and , a . gallant son of Mar 8 v On statins this fact to hia master Cfrowi v ; hom ho still
sought the discharge ) the latter : bt'e ^ me enraged at the imputation cast on the honour of his wife , and in nowise doubting her fidelity , he charged the servant with opening a letter entrusteii to his oaro . by Lady , Sruyth vcasaccordingly taken into custody by the police ou Saturdsiy , and brought before Mr . O'Callagliau , tho presiding Magibtrato at the poJico court . The case was postponed to Monday , when the . prisoner was broughb lip for final examination before Mr . Hitchcock * jSinyth had , in the mean time , produced tho letter to hia mastor * who > . vas not only horrififid at its contents , but at once acknowledged it to be the handwriting of his lady . In this state of affairs the case came before Mr . llitchcock ; but thecharge atjaihst Smy th being ; vyichdrii ' . vn , he
was at once discharged . So Btaads th « -l aQ ' a . ir ¦" . at present ; but it is aaid the infuriated ; hiiibund bas dismissed h \ s spouse from his domicile , and that lie is about to commence ah action forthwith ior crim con . 'ihe lady is a mother , and some years younger than her "lord and master . " Tho ; charge against Smyth was withdrawn in consequence of Sir —^ -r not wishing to have the letter ia question put in the evidence . —Anctlier " delicate affiir ¦ ' . * has taken place in the- same neighbourhood ; On Thursday evening a wealthy and eminent solicitor was invited to partake of the " delicacies of the season " with a rioh client , residing at Kingstown , who is blest ( as wife
the story gOee ) with a beautiful and ; blooming . The host having occasion to abseat ^ iJimseU" from home on business after dinner , returaed rather unexpectedly , when he made a discovery which reflected neither fidJity to the marriage vow on the part of his spouse , nor honour on tha part of hi ? law advisen" A scene somewhat resembUnff that related by Byron in " Don Juan " followed ; but the man of briefs , it appears * was brief in taking his leave . A tegalar ** Bhitdy " was kicked npin the neighbourhood , and an actionis to b& t « Jrthwiih cotomencod for crim . con . The lady has been married about two years , and is tho mother of two children , She is a very beautiful and accomp lished woman .
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At Wandsworth Police Court , on Saturday , William ScrimHhawi , a master tailor , residing in the Square , Battersea , was charged with attempting to commit a rape ¦ upph the person of Mary Marsh , his servant , aged Fourteen years ; ' ! . The girl said that her master called hor into bis bed-room at night to removo the candle , and the moment she entered he treated her in the most indecent manner , but she succeeded in escaping from hia grasp , and getting into the room of a female , who slept with her . The girl was strictly cross-examined , but nothing was elicited to shake her testimony , and the prisoner was fined : £ 5 ; - " . "• "¦ ¦"¦ . ' .- / ¦ ' - '¦ ¦¦ : ¦ \ r- " .: '¦ - ,- . - ¦' .:
FxTUAoaDiNAnv and Tbemendous Collision . — On Wednesday last , a most extraordinary and violent concussion took place at Topsham Bridge , between two horsemen who were approaching the tarn of the bridge at the same mometit , one proceeding from tha hill On the Topshain side , the other having come ; nearly across the bridge from tho Lympston road ; they were riding so furiously that before they could pul 1 up , or check the speed of their horses , they struck each other with such violence , that ope of the hordes and it ? r'der were forced over the bridge , and Ml into the water j the tide being out at tho timej the man ' s life was fortunately saved , but the horse received such injuries from the violence of the shock , that life became extinct before it could be oxtricated from the water .
ExTRAOnpiNAiBT Case op Hvdhophobia . ^ -A fine bay saddle mare , belonging to a gentleman of this city , died of this shocking maladyy ' pn Wednesday , * in Dublin . She had been out as usual the day be-, fore v exercisiug in the Coburg Gardens , and there firbt evinced symptoms of eulk , and a ; ttempted to lie down , when tne groom immediately rode her home . In the stall she appeared more iirie& 8 y still , tottering from side to side * and at last fell , but recovered herself , biting and snapping at every object ; IVIr . Watts , the eminent veterinary surgeon , was sent for promptly , arid , on : seeing her , m * onounced at
once that she had been bitten by a mad dog , and could not survive more than a day . Her inouth was then tied ' - . up ; :: tp' prevent the animal tearing herself , and doing injury to all about her , The mare during the night struggled under the paroxysms of the disease to release herself , and became eo furious that she dashed against the sf able walls , and broke part of the timber-work , foaming at the mouth , and cutting herself about theihoad a , rid eyes by plunging against the enclosure in which she stood . Death at last closed tlie pobr . creature ' s stiffifrings The mare had evinced a alight lameness in one foot , but no 8 ieu of a cut or bite there—Limerick Chronicle ,
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FRANCE . The Speech op the King oy the French os opening the Chambeks . —Louis Philippe opejied . tho Clia . mtjcrs in person , oil Tuosda , y week . On his way he was cheered by the people . Within doors more of solemnity was observable asd observed than on any former occasion . On entering the Chamber ( at twenty minutes past one o ' clock , ) his Majesty was deeply affected . On either side of the throne wore tho King ' s . four sons , th-J Dvikos of Ntmour 3 , Aurnnie , and fvlpntpGnsiei " , and the Prince do Joinyille . Tho Muiisters vvero in front of tkem . On attemptins to address tho Chamber , the King's grief and agitation were extreme . For some moments ho felt unable to proceed . Ilia emotion soon communicated itself to
his auditors , and changed into sobs the cheers of enthusiasm with which on his eiur . inee the Kin ^ bad been hailed . On uttering the first words his voice faltered , and ho burst in ! o tears . " So contagious was this bui'st of feeling , " Pay our letters , " that there was not a dry eyo in tho Charabor . " During Sho delivery of the wholo speech his Majesty ' s voice frequently failed him . At every such pause the cheering was renewed ^ find a , t the closs'lia , Chamber for many miniitesi rang with cries cf" Vivo le Roi !" Tho Speech over , his Majesty sat down and reraauicd while the Deputies were sworn in . On t ' ae Kind ' s way-back-to -the Tuileries he was most enthusiastically received by the people . His Majesty seemed muoh altered by the calamity thaS had fallen upon him and hia family : >—
THE SPEECH . pENTtFMEN , PeerSj and Deputics . —Under the grief whicli ' . oppresses mo , deprived of th it dearly beloved son whom I cpj )« idered destined to replace me on the ' . t-hroue , and who was tho glory sftid support of my oid age , I have doemed it imperative to nosten the moment of your assembling » "onnd me We have together a great duty to fulfil . When it shall please Godtooall me to Himself , it is necessary that France and the Constitutional Monarchy be secured . - . agonist beina for a moment exposed to
any interruption of the Royal amhontyv You will thcreiore have to deliberate upon the measures rf-quisite for preventing , during tha minority of my be l oved grandRon this imtnonse dinner . The calamity that has . ' --befallen ine docs not -rend . tr rne uugrajcful to Diyina rrovidetice , which stiU preserves me to my children , worthy of all my tenderiies 3 and of th «> confidence of Fiance . GentltiOieu , let us now secure tho repo ? e and paf& . ty of our country . 'At a Liter '' period I shall call upon you to resume your accustomed labours relative to state affairs .
United States—The Caledonia steam-ship , which left Halifax on the 18 h inst ., arrived ' . at Liverpool oh . Thursday . The nvrnoar that fresh difficulties had arisen , in the settlement of Lord Aishbarton ' s mission gained ground . The Sena , te had parsed a bill , by a large majority , to enabl 3 the Central Government to deal with ca .--e !? uchas thatof -M'Leod The Iiepr « iiontative , s had decided , by 132 to 7 , against the assumption of State debts by the Union . One of iho passenfiers by tho Caledonia was Fanny-E' . ssler . Two frightful steam-boat explosions had occurred . Sixty-two out of one hundred and tvventy emfgiduts chiefly English , were killed by an explosion noar Lachiiie > whether one of the boats wa 3 pro-C 8 o ; ii :: from Montreal . Thr boiler-fiues of the oiher boat collapsed at ihe mouth of tho Missouri , and sixty-throe persons , mostly Germans , were scalded , and apparently killed ; for it , is said that '" some two or three wore saved , by being blown into the river
. . Brcssels . July 29 . —The following is tho project of law presented to the Chamber of Representatives by the Minister for Foreign Affairs , in consequence of tho Conventioh just concluded with France relative to the importation of linen and thread : — " Leopold , King of the Belgians —Seeing the 63 rd ariicie of the Constitution , which is as follows : — ' Treatiot of commerce , and such- as , may impose a burden on tha state , or bind the Balguiua individually , ave not valid till after they have received the
assent of the Chambers , ' we have decreed , in concert with the Chambers , and ordor as follows : —Article 1 . The commercial convention concluded between Belgium and France , signed at Paris on the 16 th of July , 1842 , is approved to be execufed according to its form and tenour . Art 2 . The King may extend to oi her states the reductions stipulated by article 2 of the said convention , wiih such clauses , condi ' -ions , and reservations , as his Majesty shall judge to be nerorfsary or advantageous to hi 8 couhtry . Art . 3 . Tho present , law shall be binding the day after its promulgation , "—Brussels papers , July > 29 .
Pjiilamlpjija , June 28— Amkrwax Di 7 Ei . — -The ordinary ana monotonous rontiue of " matters and thing * in gemra ] , " has been varied with a duel bprw r ™ two diBtinguisbed citizens : to wit-r-Col-i J . VV . VV « bb , proprietor of tho New York Courier and Enquirer , and the Hon . J . H . Marshail , member of Coiii ; ris 9 from Kentucky . Thfefiispuie arose out of an attack made by Mr . Marshall , in Congress , en Colonol Webb , in reiatioii to a c 6 mrniinication , ( not editorial ) that had aippeared in tho Enquirer . The p-irtiWtnet on Saturday , on the Delaware and Maryland fines . Pistols—ten p-av . es—two shots- ^ and Col . Wi-bb was ehot through the Jrnee ; Marshall , even th « n , asking for a third fire I which wa 3 very propcrlj objected to by Colonel Webb ' s second and surgeon .
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over ship ' s side , and groaned like a martyr—dropped his shovel hat . into the sea , and borrowed his chaplain's castor , whiah didn ' t fit—another heave 6 i" the ship , and a corresponding motion in the episcopal epigastrium—chaplain asked bishop how he feltbishop replied , he nover felt so unoomfortable sincej he ^ was deprived ef his rich living of Stanhope . 2 , p . m * —Wind gradually abating—bishop quite comfortable again—s » w a porpoise , and asked the chapiainif it wasn ' t very like Doctor C—— -, ot Esiatee ¦^ -chaplain eaid yes , of coHrse—tried to jau ^ Ii , bafc was nearly choked with the effort .
3 , p . M . —Sea much smoother—bishop remarked that his fleshy tabernacle was in want of repair , knd piped all hands to dinner—( fespatched a pallet in less than no time , to the astonishment of the mate , wh © said he'd ratheir keep him a week than a moiitabob « a-nobbed with the chaplain—toasted"Church and State "—was beginDing to sing the song of " Toby Pailpota , " when just as he got as far as the Word "Toby , ' ^ a tremendous ; roll of ; the ship sent mm head foremost on the cabin-floor—two hams , a round of beef , four bottles of champagne , and six ditto of old port fell atop of him and kept him cool and moist—^ chaplain alarmed ,, Bangout "The Church in danger !? ; V :- ¦ -. •¦ ¦/ -v- : - ' : . . . - ' . ¦ ¦ ¦; -:: - . ' - -. ' :. _
4 , p . M . —Scilly Isles In sigbt- ^ -aborigines rush down to the sea-shore to see the great man—astoni&hed to find him ju&t like any other man I- ^ bishop lands at tho head ol his staff , and holds a coneultatioa with a aative chief , respeotiug the culinary accommodations of the island—denounces all the : isiaudera as . savages ^ for thoir indifference to gaatronomicai science , and orders his two men-cooks to enlighten them oh this point—repairB to his lodgings provided for his reception , and gives order on the treasury to the ship ' s steward , for ninety-three pounds , the expeac © of his voyage . ( Signed ) iSathan Nogqs , Captain of the schooner HoaXi
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THE MEETIiiG AT DEPTFORD AND THE AUREST OF DR . M'DOUALL .
We were not a little chagrined at tbe necessity under which we were last week laid , o £ taking out account off the proceedinga cm this most important occasion fcom , tbe Sun , instead -, of having , as we ouglit to have had , our own lepottV ; > fo reportcame to ia atall , Bave iu the London papers , until after oura had gone to press We hope-Bever to be sgaia thus . situafeed . It now appears that the 5 k «' s account was not altogether ac accurate one .., Xii is we need not be at all aurprlsed at , f We have thia waek Teceived from out own reporter the following , ; which we ought to have bad last week : and as the matter is important we give ifnow ;— ' '¦ ' ¦] , ' ; - ; . . / - ;¦ -- , ¦ ¦'¦ ' : ¦' ;¦ ..: . - , < "¦ ¦ . - . . ¦" •• - " : '¦'¦ ' - : - . ¦ _ ¦ "Supposing that my brief Mconnt of the proceedings at Diptford , did not reacb . yoo in . time for publication , and the short account in the ' paper' being incorrect and unsatisfactory , I hava been requested to furnish you a correct ? account for the ensuing paper . '' . .- .
PJacards having been poatfii around Deptford and Greenwich , announcing a lecture from Q-. Thompson , Esq ., on the present distress of the country / The Chartists of '' . that neighbourhood determined to attend , a " d requested ths assistance ofa , few friends from town . About seven o ' clock the chapel was crowded , many of the audience b 9 iDg females . The . Key . Mr . Pdlten commenced . the proeeeditigs by prayer , and at its close announbed that Mr . Thompson was ixnablie to attend , owing to an euaagertieti *; iKher © much opposition waa txpected , atid that Mr . Taylor would supply Ms place . A Captain Barrett ; in the gallery , proposed that a discussion Bhoulii take place , but was hissed and hooted down ! This created great counter cheering from the Chartists . '¦ ¦ ¦ . ' - . • . "' . ¦ -- ' : ¦'" ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' -. ' ';; : :- ; ' . ' . '¦ Mr . Taylor then came forward and stated that their only object was to arrive at the truth , by fair discussion . :
Mr . Wheeler then challenged Mr . Taylor to a discussion , which ; was agreed to by Mr . Taylor , who commenced and was heard without interruption for the space of half an hour , when he > retired according to the aj ? reu ment . Mr . Wheeler then mount ** the plstform . The Kev . Gentlemen immedintely objected to hia bfein ^ heard , and the Sseretary of : the : anti-Cpm . X . tw Association seiz 9 d , him by the neck , a- d assisted by o ' thtra , attempted to force him off the plattornv Failing in this , they sent for tha police , and gave Mr Wlitfeler into custody .. This only created still grenter eonfusion , and cries of " Turn but the police , " See . Daring this commotion , Messrs . Dron , Lucas , and Dov . liug addressed the meeting . [ '" [ . Sains little respite of silence having been obtained , it ¦ was carried by a large majority that Mr . Wbeeler , against whom they declined to press , the charge , should take tbe chair . ; ; '" ¦ ' . ' ., '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' :-
Dj . ai'DouALL then addressed the meeting , and wea hoard-with good attention , until ordered : off the p ' atforra by the Rev . Mr . Piillen , who deelased the mebting dissolved . - . .. ; - . ; : '¦ -. . - : . ¦ ¦ . ¦ - .. . ; - . '"¦¦ . . ¦ . ' An adjournment having been maved by Mr . Potter and seconded by Mr . Bowling to tbe Braadway , Mr . Wheeler put it to the meeting , and declared it adjourned . ' -. ' . - . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ "' . - .. ¦ ' - . - ' * . ¦ - . '¦ - ,-¦ ' : " ' ; . : Th « crowds who had by this time assembled , now harried towards the future scsna of action , at th 9 Broadway , Itlessts . Taylot . . . and Jrl'Douatl walking aim in ariu . ¦• ... ' . . - . - . ¦ . ¦ '" ¦ .
Upon arriving ' . at the Broadway , Mr . C « bk mounted the iron lamphtiider . attached to the pump , and addressed the assembly , until the arrival of Dr . M'Douall , who had scarcely' spolcen- for five minutes , when a wan in private clothes ordered him doyvu . The Doctor objected until he knew by what authority this order was given . He was informed that it was SuperintendaBt Mallalieu . He requested permission to diHperse the meeting . This was refused him , and he immediately came down , being assisted by bis friends . Upon his reaching the ground , a line was made by the police- for him , and he was ordered to march through it . He to'd them he claimed a ^ privilege to go which way he thought propef , and "was immediately taken into custody . ' . / . ' ¦ : ¦' - ' ¦ ¦
Tho Broadway is a space enclosed by posts , used as a market ; it was never half full , and tbe highway was never in the least Obstructedj as stated in last week ' s Star , neither waa there any opposition made to the order to disperse . Upon the Doctor ' s being seized great hissing and groaning took place , and the police took several into custody , and declared thejr Would seizj every ' one who dared to yell or groan . Many were takeu , but all ; released batore arriving at the station-house , with the exception of Dr . M'Dquall . John Dowling , Joseph Musdam , Thomas Tardy , and Charle-Warren ; Great excitement existed in the town ; the station was surrounded by hundreds , in spite of every eflfurt of the police to keep thsia away . The most activel of the : Chartist body retired to the Rose and Crownl adjoining the ttation , and speedily procured respectable bail for the prisoners ; : this waa peremptorily refused by the Superintendent ^^ . Arrangements vrere then made for procuring : them every comfort which the regulations « f the place would
admit-Messrs . Wheeler and Paice were dispatched to the House of Commons , and had an immediate interview with Mr . Duncombe , and before tbe House closed , Mr . Duncomba laid it before Sir James Graham , ; as the first fruits of his doctrine of the previous evening . ( Mr . MallaHeu is son-in-law to ; Gommissioner Maine . ) Sir James told Mr . Duncembe that he mu 8 t have been previously aware that the disturbance would take place , as be bad not quitted the House during the evening ^ and the Government had not ; received any information of it ll - ¦ ' - . - "¦ ¦ '" . ¦ - -- ' . " ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . - ¦ - ' ^¦ -. - '¦ : .- ' --.:: ' ¦ ' . ¦ '
Arrangements were made the same night with Mr . Cleave for procuring counsel : &c , tot the prisoners . The deputati&u then returned to Deptford , aud , with many ether ftienda , paraded tho town during theremainder of the nighfc .- ' In the morning Mr . R . K . Pi > ilp attended from Mr . Roberts , solicitor , to have an interview > pith the Doctor , iint was insultingly refusedand to ' d he was no gentleman cr he would tako off : his hat while addressing the Inspector . He . was ; tben asked vrhetfeer he was an articled clerk . Upon replying in the nsgative he was ordered out of the court until his master arrived . Messrs . Phijp and Wheeler immediately went in pur suit of a . magistrate to procure an ovder of admia sion , but faiiod in seeing one previous to the piocetding 8 commenclns ; . Mr . Jeremy was the Bitting
magistrate . The court , courfc-yard , and street adjoining were crowded withyworking men ; and the steam was kept well up . The Doctor , in a most able ctoas-examinatioa ( which the writer ' s position as a witness would not allow him to report ) completely bsffljd the evidence of his acccusers , and was ultimately diECharged on being bound himself in £ 50 and two stueties in £ 25 each to keep the peace for six moiithg . A list of about on © hundred witnesses harl been given in for his defence , feut they 'were , n&t examined . The other prisoners were let out on bail to appear the following nior . icg . Warrants , had been takeni out for Messrs ; Wheeler , Cook , and Lucas , bnt they ? were not put into execution . Immediately upon the release of tho prisoners , bills ( which had been previously printed ) were issued . The
town-crier set to work , and several Chartists with bells and boards perambulated tho town , announcing a meeting on Elcckheath' in the evening to petition Parliaraent against the gross violation of ' . public liberty by tbe police of the borough .. Lottere and messengers hiid been previously ; diBpatcBed to London , and the result was a ^ ^ glorious demonstration ; in ^^ fact the whole popuiation of the . place seemed to be hurrying towards tfee Heath , The daily papers give ua 7 , 000 persons present ; from this you may jndge it was a meeting Euch as that neighbourhood never saw r many excellent speeches were made , a petition foir inquiry into tbe subject was adopted and ordered to be piewnted by Mr . DnncombQ to the House of Commons ; and at a late hour'the meeting quietly , dispersed , notwithstanding' ereryeffort
had been tried to create a disturbance . Several gipsies acknowledged they had been given two ehillings and a glass ef gin for tiding among ths crowd and endeavouring to bre « d » riot ; this they openly chained the police with . On Thursday morning the remaining prisoners were brought up for examination . The case of John Dowling was first entered into , the charge being an attempt to rescue Dr . ^^ M'DoualL After a long erbsa examfnation tho priaoner was discharged on producing two sureties in £ 10 each , and himself is £ 20 to keep the peace for -six months ; The other eases were similarly disposed of . The town crier was again set to work and placards issued announcing a pnbllo meeting in the evening , ; on tbe Heath , to pass the national remonstrance aud memorial , the result of which will bo seen in our oolumnp . v
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LOG OF THE BISHOP GF EXETER * S VOYAGE TO THE SC 1 LLY ISLANDS . "There is now a vote on ihe paper of ninety-three pounds , for the expence of carrying the Bishop of Exeter to the Scilly IfIps . "— Vide ' Captain PechcU ' s speechin the House of Commons . N . B , The Bishop of Ex&ter having lately made a voyage to tbe Scilly Isles , with a view of impressing on the benighted natives a becoming sense of the blftss ; i ) £ 9 of episcopacy , tie capi&in of the ship Hoax —) he vessel in which the ghostly pvelite and his staff enibajked- ^ has kindly lorvyavded to us the foi ^ lowing io ; i of their proceedings , which he drew up at the time , and a copy of which he has also transmitted to the Admiralty . ' . : ¦ v . ; V - " July 1 , 10 o'clock , a . m , —Set sail from the Latid'jB encl , Cornwall , in the brig Hoax , six hundred tofca burden , exclusive of the xonna ^ e of the Bishop of Exefor , his two Men-cooka , upper and under butler ? , chaplain , secretary , and four hampers of proviQious —ship >; bing siicknets an hour , y ; .
11 , ; a . m ;—Light winds from the nortb-westj with a . short , brisk sea—bishop complained of being '' peckish , " and piped all hands to lunch into the state cabin—chaplain commenced saying grace , but cut it short at bishop ' s instigation , who immediately set-to , like » shark , at a cold pigeon-pie—ditto secretaryditto chaplain—a sudden roll of the bri / j deposited two plates of ham and sandwiches in bishop ' s lap , and sent his fork right through the chaplain ' s wig . 12 , a . M . —Bishop a . hd his staff came on deck srfter luiich—bishop looked over ths gunwale , and seeing a large fish swimming about , asked if it was a whale - ^ cracked a joke with his chaplain about Jonahbad joke , but what can you expect from a bishop 1 chaplain laughed , of course—wind ohopping round to the no r ' ardc ' - ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ . : ^ ' " • '¦ ¦ .- ' ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ' . t " ^ " v ' ¦' . >¦ '¦ .: ' . - ' 1 . p . m . —A heavv swell—a bleak blue tinge
appeared at the tip of bishop's nose—face white and Easty—^ comp lained of qualmishness in hia apostolic oweia—looked disconfiolately at his secretary , who wa ^ fast ^ asleep over one of hisold pam phlets against catholic emancipation— bishop shot hia head suddenly
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 6, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct765/page/3/
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